Gilda's Club New York City Annual Report 2006

Gilda’s Club New York City
Annual Report 2006

Gilda’s Club New York City: 1995 – 2006
1995
Gilda’s Club New York City opens its red door for the
fi rst time on June 5 th . By the end of the year, nearly 250
members have joined.
1997
Our 1,000 th member joins.
2000
The success of our fl agship, Gilda’s Club New York City,
initiates the formation of Gilda’s Club Worldwide, an
organization dedicated to building a national network of
clubhouses.
2001
The Ph&D program is introduced, extending Gilda’s Club
support to members who are post-treatment and to
individuals who are grieving the loss of a friend or family
member due to cancer.
2003
GCNYC’s Brooklyn Clubhouse opens its doors. Located
in a brownstone on the campus of NY Methodist Hospital,
the Brooklyn Clubhouse is the fi rst satellite location to be
opened by any Gilda’s Club in the country.
2004
2005
Our 100,000 th member visit is recorded at the Manhattan
Clubhouse.
West Houston Street between Varick Street and 6th
Avenue is renamed “Gilda Radner Way” by the City of
New York.
2006
Our 5,000 th member joins. The Brooklyn Clubhouse is
rapidly approaching 500 members.
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Leadership Message
From the CEO and the Chairman of the Board of Directors
Lily Safani
CEO
Bob Easton
Chairman, Board of Directors
It is with great pleasure that we announce that
Lily Safani has joined as the CEO of Gilda’s
Club New York City as of February 2007. We
look forward to working together to continue
to grow our membership community and
expand the scope of our programs throughout
New York City.
We are very proud of the programs we offer
our members each month and we have established
a well-earned reputation of providing
quality emotional and social support for all
people living with cancer – FREE of charge.
Since 1995, when the Gilda’s Club red door
opened, we have relied on the generosity of
our friends to help support us. Currently, it costs
us approximately $500 per member per year.
It has been a continual challenge to maintain
a fi nancially sound organization and grow our
membership simultaneously – but each year
our membership increases, our donor base
increases and the number and availability of
our programs increases.
This year we have grown nearly 14% to over
5,000 members between our Manhattan
and Brooklyn locations. Although a great
proportion of our members are women (77%),
our members include men (22%) and children
(1%). Through additional funding received
this year, we are now opening our doors to
members on Saturdays and have found that
weekend attendance is growing. In addition,
the availability of weekends for new member
meetings has allowed an increased number
of members to join on a monthly basis.
The opportunities for our organization are
endless. Every year approximately 35,000
people are diagnosed with cancer in New
York City with the largest representation in
Brooklyn, followed by Queens, Manhattan,
the Bronx and Staten Island. It is clear to fi ll
the need that is ever present, more satellites
similar to our Brooklyn Clubhouse need to
be available to everyone living with cancer
in New York City. Programs need to be
available where and when members can
attend – on weekends, in the evening, and in
underserved communities. Partnerships with
other organizations will enable us to become
more effi cient with our outreach efforts and
gain further support in the diverse communities
of New York City.
We have accomplished a great deal this year
with the incredible support and generosity
of our friends who support our mission.
We look forward to making Gilda’s Club more
accessible to more New Yorkers in more places
then ever.
Living with cancer? Come as you are. TM
The mission of Gilda’s Club New York City is to provide meeting places where men,
women and children living with cancer – and their families and friends – can join with
others to build social and emotional support as a supplement to medical care. Free
of charge and non-profi t, GCNYC offers support and networking groups, lectures,
workshops and social events in a nonresidential, homelike setting.
GCNYC ANNUAL REPORT 2006 2

Member Profi le: Emilie Lowerre-Jambois
As a social worker and former high school teacher, Emilie Lowerre-Jambois defi nes
herself through the care that she provides to others. So when she was diagnosed with
breast cancer in October 2003, she wasn’t entirely prepared to be on the receiving
end of emotional support. The implications of her diagnosis, though, were daunting:
her mother, mother’s sisters and maternal grandmother had all died of breast cancer.
Emilie had a mastectomy in December and joined Gilda’s Club in Brooklyn a month
later, to get help in making decisions and to get an idea of what to expect from
treatment. She soon realized that she needed more than advice. “I do things for
other people,” she explains. “I don’t let other people help me. I needed a place
where I could get that support.”
From her fi rst time attending a Wellness group, Emilie was able to connect with her
own emotional response to cancer through the stories of others. In her group was a
man who was dying of metastatic colon cancer. “I can remember thinking when I
went home, I don’t know if I can deal with this. It confronts you with some of your worst
fears.” Seeing how this man had learned to live with his prognosis convinced Emilie to
keep coming back to her group. “He talked about how he coped and what worked...
People that come here don’t know whether they’re going to live or die. Gilda’s helps
you to say, ‘It’s not how many days you have, it’s the quality of those days.’”
Emilie’s group helped her learn to live with her own experience with cancer. In
addition to her mastectomy and reconstructive surgery and courses of chemotherapy,
her family history and her doctor’s recommendation prompted Emilie to undergo a
prophylactic hysterectomy as well. A diagnosis (unrelated to her breast cancer) of
cancerous growths in her thyroid necessitated another surgery in November 2006.
“Having cancer is a great leveler,” she says. “You can be smart about what other
people need, but when it comes to yourself, it’s hard. Whatever comes my way, I have
a group of people behind me that will help me get through it.”
For over three years, Emilie has been a fi xture at the Brooklyn
Clubhouse, providing support to the members of her group
and fi nding ways to give back to Gilda’s Club as well. For the
Brooklyn Clubhouse’s third birthday celebration, she helped
organize fundraising efforts – including an extensive silent
auction – that brought in over $4,000. Emilie knows fi rst-hand
the impact Gilda’s Club has had in Brooklyn, but she also
recognizes its potential: “There are so many people that need
this. We’re just the tip of the iceberg. Gilda’s needs to get
that message out and pull those people in.”
“When
“Tinibh
I walk
et, sim
into
quipsusto
Gilda’s
odolore
Club
feuguero
and see
corpercincip
my friends,
eu
everyone
feuguer iriure
knows
velenis
my
modoloreet
mommy
lor
is
sum
sick
del
and
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they
tet praesent
understand.”
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3
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Member Profi le: Lindsey Brass
In April 2005, two days before her 25 th birthday and shortly before her law
school fi nals began, Lindsey Brass was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous
Leukemia. Initially, she expected to be able to reschedule her fi nals in
between treatments, but she soon realized that this wasn’t realistic: “It took
me 6-8 weeks to recover to the point that they could do it again.” Lindsey
attended her graduation ceremony, but did not receive a diploma,
and she hasn’t yet been able to return to school. Her diagnosis, and the
disruption it has caused in her life, came as a shock. “Cancer never really
hit this close to home,” she explained. “You think of cancer as something
old people get.”
Lindsey did not initially consider that she might need emotional support
to supplement her course of treatment, but
when a hospital social worker suggested she
try Gilda’s Club, she agreed to attend a Wednesday night Wellness Group. While her
family, friends and classmates had all been sympathetic, Lindsey soon realized the value
of talking to people who were living with cancer themselves. “I had a ton of support, but
I never felt like anyone understood,” she said. “The group has become like family. . . you
know they know how you feel.”
Lindsey developed bonds with members of her group that extended outside the Clubhouse,
exchanging emails, going out to eat, and visiting each other in the hospital. As is true for
other members she has met, Gilda’s Club was the fi rst place Lindsey felt comfortable
taking off her wig to reveal her hair loss from chemotherapy. The support network she had
built was crucial when, despite months of treatment, she had a recurrence in June of 2006.
Her subsequent treatment has required more chemotherapy, bone marrow aspirations, a
stem-cell transplant and the installation of a port in her head so that doctors can access
her spinal fl uid more easily. “I thought I was done and I had the relapse,
which was god-awful. I couldn’t wait to get out of the hospital and
come to Gilda’s Club.”
Lindsey has seven months of treatment left, and expects to recover fully
from leukemia. She plans to fi nish law school then, and wants to help
people living with cancer with estate planning and other legal issues.
“I can’t wait until cancer is not my world anymore,” she says. “I’ve
defi nitely made life-long friends here.
I don’t think I would have been able
to get through my cancer treatment
emotionally without them.”
“Tinibh
“We’re
et,
all
sim
so
quipsusto
different,
odolore
our stories
feuguero
are
corpercincip
different,
eu
but
feuguer
we
iriure
speak
velenis
the
modoloreet
same language.”
lor sum del
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GCNYC ANNUAL REPORT 2006 4
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6000
Membership Growth
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06
“My
“Tinibh
friends
et,
at
sim
school
quipsusto
don’t
odolore
know
feuguero
what
corpercincip
it’s like to have
eu feuguer
cancer
iriure
–
velenis
but the
modoloreet
kids at GCNYC
lor sum del
do.”
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5
6

GCNYC
membership
by type
27%
47%
Person with cancer
Family member/friend
Bereavement
Post-treatment
19%
Washington
Heights/
Inwood
GCYNC
membership by
neighborhood,
Manhattan
7%
Downtown/
Heights/
Slope
Greenpoint
Williamsburg/
Bushwick
GCYNC
membership by
neighborhood,
Brooklyn
Central
Harlem/
Morningside
Heights
East
Harlem
Sunset Park
Bedford Stuyvesant/
Crown Heights
East
Flatbush/
Flatbush
East
New York
Upper
West
Side
Chelsea/
Clinton
Upper
East Side
Gramercy
Park/
Murray
Hill
Manhattan:
(# of members)
250+
200-250
150-200
100-150
50-100
0-50
Bensonhurst/
Bay Ridge
Borough
Park
Coney Island/
Sheepshead Bay
Canarsie/
Flatlands
Union
Square/
Lower East
Side
Greenwich
Village/Soho
Lower
Manhattan
Other locations
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Queens Bronx Staten
Island
New
Jersey
Other
Brooklyn:
(# of members)
80+
60-80
40-60
20-40
0-20
“There
“Tinibh
isn’t
et,
the
sim quipsusto
compulsion
odolore
always
feuguero
to say,
corpercincip
‘I’m doing
eu feuguer
fi ne’
iriure
– you
velenis
can
modoloreet
be just how
lor
you
sum del
feel.”
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GCNYC ANNUAL REPORT 2006 6
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Friends of Gilda’s Club NYC
The following individuals, corporations, foundations and organizations have generously donated
$250 or more between January 1st and December 31st, 2006. Thank you!
$100,000 +
City of New York, Department
of Health
Entertainment Industry
Foundation
State of New York, Offi ce of
the Attorney General
$25,000 - $99,999
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Easton
Drs. Colin and Amanda
Goddard
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Lovinger
American Pharmaceutical
Partners, Inc.
Carnegie Corporation of New
York
Fairfi eld Pro, Inc.
New York City Economic
Development Corp.
OSI Pharmaceuticals
Foundation, Inc.
$10,000 - $24,999
Ms. Geri Bauer
The Arthur and Rochelle Belfer
Foundation
Mr. Tony Impavido
Ms. Maria Liberati
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Modell
Ms. Rosie O’Donnell
Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Russo
Jack and Joan Saltz
Mr. and Mrs. Jules J. Siegel
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Solomon
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Burns McClellan, Inc.
Celgene Corporation
Duff & Phelps
Erbaviva
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and
Jacobson, LLP
Gilda’s Club Worldwide
Goldman Sachs & Company
Icore Health Care
ImClone Systems Incorporated
Infl uence Productions
Intra-Cellular Therapies
Jacques Torres Chocolate
Haven
Lazard Freres & Company
Lehman Brothers, Inc.
M. Safra & Co., Inc.
Merrill Lynch
P-4 Healthcare
Parlux Fragrances
Paula Dorf Cosmetics Inc.
Sitrick and Company
St. Vincent’s Players
Upright Citizens Brigade
Theater
$5,000 - $9,999
Mr. and Mrs. Jude Avelino
Dr. Joy Browne
Ms. Lisa Burns
Mr. D. Ronald Daniel
Mr. Michael S. Kurtz
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill L. Roth
Mr. William Slattery
Dr. Keith Thompson
Alpern Family
Foundation, Inc.
Ash Stevens
Barnes & Noble
Boss Entertainment
Bradford Renaissance
Densen Charitable Foundation
Domain Associates, LLC
Genentech, Inc. Corporate
Giving Program
L.E.K. Consulting
Loehmann’s
Millenium Pharmaceuticals
United Way of New York City
Venrock Associates
$2,500 - $4,999
Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Adler
Mr. Franklin M. Berger
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Byrne
Ms. Arlene Cooper
Ms. Dianne A. Denommee
Ms. Judy Esterow
Mr. David Fineman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Green
Phil and Barbara Hartl
Mr. Jim Lang
Mr. Dar Maanavi
Mr. and Mrs. L. John Wilkerson
944 Media
Atlas Venture Inc.
Charity Begins at Home
Marble Collegiate Church
The Overbrook Foundation
The Pierre
Roche Laboratories
Tibotec Therapeutics
USTA
$1,000 - $2,499
Ms. Meryl Allison
John Andreadis
Mr. Alexander Barkas
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell J. Bayer
Harvey J. Berger M.D.
Mr. Jerry Cacciotti
Ms. Marcia Caden
Ms. Michele Celestino
Mr. and Mrs. Srini Conjeevaram
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Densen
Ms. Abby Drucker
Mr. and Mrs. David Ethridge
Mr. Hylke Faber
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Florek
Mr. Abe Frajndlich
Mr. Fred Frank
Mr. Karl D. Handelsman
Ms. Dana Hart
Ms. Jane Henderson
Mr. Joseph Igoe
Keiko and Larry Jacobson
Mr. Robert Jaffe
Mr. Mitchel Katz
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Kenworthy
Mr. Michael King Jr.
Ms. Caroline Kitidis
Ms. Karen M. Krieger
Ms. Leslie Lake
Ms. Barbara Lande-Mc Hale
Ms. Wendy J. Marks
Mrs. Colleen M. McKenna
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Miller
Ms. Lynne D. Moyer and Ms.
Gerri Losquadro
Paul and Marie Napoli
Mrs. Naomi Neft
Mr. Waseem Noor
Mr. Paul Pepe
Ms. Arlene E. Petty
Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Rizzuto
Ms. Susan Rossi
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rothstein
Ms. Jodi Sax
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Schwartz
Ms. Carol Scibelli
Mark and Mellisa Simon
Marty and Angie Sipple
Mr. Michael Sorrell
Mr. Harri V. Taranto
Ms. Robyn Tarnofsky
Mr. John White
Mrs. Diane Wohl
Michael and Marilyn Zingarelli
Acorn Press
Advanced Distribution
Systems, Inc.
BCD Travel
Bergdorf Goodman
Bisgeier Family Foundation
Blue Star Jets
Carmen Marc Valvo
Center for Health
The Donald & Carole Chaiken
Foundation
Disney Worldwide
Services, Inc.
Dolce & Gabbana
Doris and Isaac Moinester UJA
Federation
Estate of Jeffrey D. Centrone
Faber Daeufer &
Rosenberg PC
Faige Timeless Portraits
Federation Thrift Shop
Fidelity Charitable Foundation
Fidelity Investments
Frankfurt, Kurnit Klein &
Selz, PC
Frontier Airlines, Inc.
Geraldine Laff Foundation
Great Neck South Middle
School
Jedra Charitable Foundation
Kramer Photography
LesserEvil KettleCorn
Mana Products, nc.
Manolo Blahnik
Med Mac Properties, Inc.
The Mitrani Family
Foundation, Inc.
Mowatt, Inc.
NCMIC
New York Caledonian
Club, Inc.
One Source Printing &
Graphics, Inc.
Platzer, Swergold, Karlin,
Levine, Goldberg &
Jaslow LLP
Precision Label Group
RBS Greenwich Capital
Foundation
Robert Lyon Waren Memorial
Fund
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Foundation Inc.
Saks Fifth Avenue
Solon E. Summerfi eld
Foundation
United Way of Northeastern
New York, Inc.
Verizon
W. O’Donnell Consulting Inc.
The Warren Tricomi Salon
WorldTravel BTI
Wormser Corporation
The Zankel Fund
$500 - $999
Mr. Vicente Anido
Ms. Judith Berson
Ms. Annette M. Bianchi
Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn Blum
“Everything the Club offers is something that will help your body, your mind or your spirit.”
GCNYC ANNUAL REPORT 2006 12

Friends of Gilda’s Club NYC
Dr. Dale E. Bredesen
Mr. Robert A. Britton
Ms. Barbara Buddenhagen
and Ms. Penny Ducker
Ms. Rochelle Busch
Mr. John E. Daniel and Ms.
Janet Nolan
Mrs. Diane L. Dennis
Mr. Chris Dopp
Mrs. Lisa E. Ehrlich
Ms. Joyce E. Erony
Ms. Joyce Feldman
Rubin and Marion Ferziger
Mr. Donald Fishbein
Mr. Frank Grobman
Ms. Joan R. Hardin
Ms. Laurie A. Harnisch
Ms. Diana E. Herzog
Mr. Peter Huang
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Joskow
Victoria Kaplan
Ms. Meredithe Katz
Mr. and Mrs. David Kepner
Mr. Caleb D. Koeppel
Judith Kross
Mr. Bruno Larvol
Ms. Fran B. Lichtman and Ms.
Randy E. Rabney
Ms. Emilie Lowerre - Jambois
Ms. Maria Mercader
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mermelstein
Ms. Kathleen A. Moloney
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Moore
Ms. Louise Murphy
Dr. Vito Palombella
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Paul
Fredric and Ann Price
Ms. Shirley A. Ritenour
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh W. Ross
Gene and Iris Rothstein
Ms. Adelia Russo
Ms. Roberta Russo
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Russo
Mr. Joel Schaedler
Peter and Susan Schweitzer
Mr. Joel J. Shapiro
Ms. Lauren Singer
Mr. James A. Skinner III
Mr. Steve Sklar
Mr. Ilya Slavin
Ms. Carolyn Smith
Mrs. Mona Smith
Ms. Migdalia Torres
Dr. Michael C. Venuti
Mr. Dominic Verlotta
Ms. Erica Wang
Associated Flowers
Bank Leumi
Bedford Downing Block
Association
Bridger Capital LLC
Chambers Hotel
City Outdoor
Da Silvano
Geico Philanthropic
Foundation
Hotel Gansevoort
JB Precious Jewels
La Bottega Trattoria
McGill Family Studios
Meredith Corporation
Mohonk Mountain House
Moody’s Foundation
The New York Community Trust
New York Methodist Hospital
Seacoast Foundation
SENSEI Health Communications
Sevelin Cosmetics
Soroptimists International of
Manhattan
Swann Galleries
TECNY Group
WOR Radio
Xebra Engineering
Corporation
$250 - $499
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis C. Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore V. Agro
Ms. Natalie Albert
Ms. Alison Amron
Mr. Alec Baldwin
Mr. Jeffrey Beck Ph.D.
Mr. Scott Bernard
Mr. Robert Boone
Ms. Barbara Chu
Mr. Lawrence Cohen
Ms. Stacy Cohen
Mr. Robert Cooperman
Mr. Corey Davis
Mr. Greg Dillon
Ms. Susan Duprey
Mr. Carlos Ferrer
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Friedman
Ms. Denise M. Garabedian
Ms. Marilyn Gelber
Len and Elaine Gelstein
Mr. Darrell George
Ms. Naomi Grupp
Thomas and Pamela Halpern
Ms. Denise Harbin
Ms. Laura Z. Hartstein
Ms. Laura Hastings
Joel and Elisa Joel Hirsch
Ms. Patricia Hirsch
Mr. Tom Jambois
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J.
Kaufman
Ms. Irene C. Kerr
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Krelitz
Ms. Joan Mackenzie
Mr. David Mahler
Mr. and Mrs. William A.
Margiloff
Mr. and Mrs. Bryce May
Ms. Gillian McCain
Mr. Tom McCormack
J.B. McLendon
Mr. Michael Metelenis
Ms. Marilyn A. Minter
Modell’s Sporting Goods
Ms. Paula J. Omansky
Ms. Terri Oram
Orville and Judy Pratt
Mr. Richard Raysman
Mr. Rob Reddy
Daniel and Peggy Ricciardi
Ms. Tina Rothstein
Dr. Marc Rubin
Ms. Laura Scherr Saggese
Mr. Alfred Sedgwick
Mrs. Claudia S. Shapiro
Mrs. Joan Steinman
Ms. Linda J. Walker
Ms. Maureen Weicher
Ms. Teresa Yodice
Ms. Jane Zimmy
Arts Project of Cherry Grove
New York, Inc.
ATCO Properties &
Management Inc.
Ciao Bella
Domain Home Fashions
Emjay Display Inc.
Eric Marder Associates, Inc.
Hartmarx Charitable
Foundation
Hermes
Honeywell Hometown
Solutions
Independence Community
Foundation
James O and Alice F. Cole
Foundation
Michal Golan
MillerEllin company, LLP
Molton Brown
Mon Petit Cafe
Rossy Food Systems Ltd.
The Singleton Company
Tao Restaurant
The Thomson Corporation
Tiffany & Co.
Union Square Hospitality
Group
Walt Disney World
Board of Directors
Staff
Robert Easton, Chairman
Easton Strategy, LLC
Jude Avelino, Secretary
Avelino & Associates
Frank Russo, Treasurer
Homewood Advisors
Jerry L. Cohen
Tishman Speyer
Properties
Colin Goddard
OSI Pharmaceuticals
Sharon Mates
Intra-Cellular Therapies
William Modell
Modell’s Sporting Goods
Lily Safani
CEO
Migdalia Torres, LCSW-R
Program Director
Hazel Applewhite
Director of Finance
and Administration
Marcey Needel, LCSW
Program Manager
Beth Britton, LMSW
Outreach Program
Manager
Alissa Foglia, LMSW
Noogieland Program
Manager
Cynthia Helton
Program Coordinator
Rob Reddy
Grants Manager
Jill Hubley
Development Coordinator/
Communications Designer
Eileen Jackson
Administrative Coordinator
Nadine Bartholomew
Receptionist
Theresa Sinclair
Evening Receptionist
Scott S. Opper, LCSW
Brooklyn Program
Manager
Lauren Nabors
Brooklyn Program Assistant
Lystra Boyce
Brooklyn Receptionist
“It’s so wonderful that it’s free of charge.”
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Your Support Counts
How You Can Help Gilda’s Club New York City
As an organization that is committed to offering all its services FREE of charge to its
members, we have always relied on the generosity of our friends. This year, the annual cost
to support each member is $500. Your donation to Gilda’s Club New York City can help to
ensure that we continue to offer free social and emotional support to all New Yorkers who
are living with cancer.
There are many ways you can help GCNYC which provide tax savings for you as well
as recognition from our organization. Please consider making a donation in one of the
following ways:
Unrestricted Gifts — A donation that can be used where the need is greatest.
Restricted Gifts — Direct your gift to a specifi c program or to a particular segment of
the community we serve that is meaningful to you.
Memorial and Honorary Gifts — Honor or memorialize loved ones or friends, or
commemorate a birthday, anniversary or other special occasion.
Major Gifts — Contributions of $1,000 or more enable GCNYC to fund vital programs
and aid our continued expansion. We proudly acknowledge our donors at their
giving levels with recognition in our Annual Report and in our Gilda’s Club newsletter,
as well as through naming opportunities at our two clubhouses.
Special Events — GCNYC’s Annual Gala, and other, smaller events throughout the
year are wonderful opportunities to bring together our individual and corporate
supporters while raising much-needed unrestricted funds.
Bequests and Planned Giving — A bequest is a special way to preserve your current
income and still make a generous gift to GCNYC. It is also possible to name GCNYC
as a benefi ciary on a life insurance policy, retirement account, charitable gift
annuity, remainder or lead trust, or savings plan.
Other Gifts — Gifts of stocks, appreciated securities and real estate can provide you
with important tax benefi ts while providing GCNYC with a meaningful philanthropic
contribution.
Donors often fi nd that through careful planning – and the involvement of their legal and tax
advisors – that they are able to support their favorite causes at more signifi cant levels than
they had imagined. Your attorney, accountant or other professional advisor can help you
explore the various ways of giving. Give them this information:
• Our Offi cial Name: Gilda’s Club New York City, Inc.
• Our Address: 195 West Houston Street, New York, NY 10014
• Our IRS Status: 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization, EIN
#13-4046652
For additional information about making a gift, please contact
our Development Department at (212) 647-9700 or email
giving@gildasclubnyc.org so that we can assist in tailoring a gift to your
needs and wishes.
“Gilda’s Club has been a ray of light in the darkest moments of my life.”
GCNYC ANNUAL REPORT 2006 14

This artwork was created by members of Gilda’s
Club New York City (clockwise from upper left):
Selma Schmerz, Ana Sangulin, André Barnes,
Nancy Levey
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